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ELECTRIC BIKE
Don't know how to drive and yet want a vehicle that is quick and cheap to
run? EV Electric of Florida has made an electric bicycle which runs on a rechargeable
battery and can travel for about 40 km at a speed of about 35 kmph, The bicycle is seen as
posssible transport for crowded urban areas. |
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MA-TREE-MONILA
ADistrubed by the declining green cover Kalyan Singh Rawat, a teaacher in
the Garhwal Himalayas promotes afforestation in an innvative way in some of the
villages. Every girl who gets married, plants a tree with her husband before
leaving, in a ceremony called 'Maitee'. Her parents and friends are expected to look after
it. |
EYE
OPENERS |
Facts
Of Life |
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All of us have eaten some
of pesticies like DDT. It can persist in fatty tissues of our bodies as long as we live
and harm our reproductive and immune system. DDT molecules are blown by wind all over the
globe. Penguins, Polar Bears and Inuit people of Northern Canada have suffered the most
from
DDT poisoning! |
A World Bank
study shows that for every rupee of benefit given to the poor through the Public
Distribution System
( Ration shops) of the Government of India, it spends Rs.7 on it. |
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A
Down To Earth Supplement
